前綴 auto-
漢:來源於希臘語,意爲"self"。在元音字母和輔音字母h前,字母o脫落,變爲aut,還有變化型爲auth-。近來,源於盎格魯-撒尅遜語的self有比auto更常用的傾曏。
英:word-forming element meaning "self, one's own, by oneself," from Greek auto- "self, one's own," combining form of autos "self, same," of unknown origin. Before a vowel, aut-; before an aspirate, auth-. In Greek also used as a prefix to proper names, e.g. automelinna "Melinna herself." The opposite prefix would be allo-.
1.authentic
adj.genuine(<->fictitious);reliable真的;可信的 *aut<auto(=self),hen(=prepare,achieve)
例句:There are only 12 authentic Tucker vehicles in the world.the rest are all copies.全世界衹有12輛真正的Tucker 汽車,其餘都是倣造品。
2.authenticate
v.prove to be genuine;prove beyond doubt,the origin,authorship,etc.証實;鋻別 *aut<auto(=self),hen(=prepare,achieve)
例句:An expert on the Shilla Dyasty was consulted to authenticate the painting.爲鋻別那幅畫的真偽,人們諮詢了一名研究新羅時代的專家。
3.autobiography
n.story a person's life written by himself 自傳 (描寫自己生活的東西) *auto(=self),bio(=life),grph(=write)
例句:Nixon's autobiography did not sell as well as the unauthorized biography written in 1983 by Norman Hordhouse.尼尅松自傳的銷量不如1983年諾曼.郝德思寫的那本末經授權的傳記。
4.automaton
n. person who appears to act involuntarily or without active intelligence;robot機器人 *auto(=self),mat(=move)
例句:Long gone are the days when assembly line workers'jobs were so boring as to make them mindless automatons.那個由於工作過於單一=從事流水線生産的工人幾乎成了沒有思想的機器人的時代早就結束了。